Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-10-13

I Y. VI IhiIlE. VI I.dot lSiBii, WV
visited with j. Ii. High last week.
: James Foster, one Cf Peck's live mel
chants, made us Il pleasant call while il
town on Wednesday.
u. &. Williams. Jas. Wallace's an,
John Sexton's buildings begin to us
sume fine appearance.
The foundation is laid for Wm. Rap
! ley's new building and the brick worl
will be rapidly pushed forward.
We have not completed arrangin.
the prize list Of the late fair but will b
prepared to publish it next week.
OIder your commercial printing a
the EXPOSITOR job rooms. First-clas
work and reasonable prices guaranteed
Lambert Jones has purchased tht
MOOre's Corners cider mill and will bt
on hand to make cider every Thursday
and Friday.
John Mcdonald. of Brockway Centr,
is named among the pension benefits O1
the week awarded by Cucle Samuel
st. Clair Republican,.
Henry lIoway has purchased Wm. Il
ScOttSs house and lot i'll the northeast
| Ddlb VI lHC NilidSt ttll't W III iiONt HE
family into the same soon.
An oyster supper will he held in the
old school building Thursday evening,
! Oct. 20. for the benefit of Rev. j. NJ
| Crandall. All are cordially invited to
| attend. Lots of oysters and good
time anticipated.
In this progressive age church organs
are being constructed entirely of paper.
When they get to making churches en-
tirely Of paper, there will be notice
able increase in the attendance at such
places. Pew rent will come lower.
II. j. Bradbeer wishes 10 inform the
citizens of Brockway Gem :e and public
in general that he will be on hand
Tuesday next to administer to the
wants of those needing signs. Hold
your orders if you want iirst-class, ar
tistic signs painted.
\ Columbus man hanged himself in
fit of dependency over the loss of
his wife; a Chicago man hung himself
because he couldn't get rid of his wife:
and an Ohio man cut his throat be-
cause he couldn't get wife. Woman
has caused great deal of trouble ever
since that little scrape in the orchard.
Tx.
\ box social will be held under the
auspices of the Union Sunday School
Of South Speaker at the school house
on "Wednesday evening, Oct. 19. Lots
OF entertainment and good time may
be expected. All are cordially invited
to come. The ladies will not forget to
bring boxes. Proceeds for benefit Of
Sunday School.
Here is an item for the young girls
to take notice of and should necessity
call for such an act be equal TO the
emergency. Agnes Mclaughlin. II
year old neice of Isaac Mclaughlin.
living in Canada, during the sickness
Of her father, loaded and hauled seven
teen loads of barley and one of wheat
i'll one day from the fiell to the barn.
This young girl is to be commended for
such good work.
The barns Oh Joe Roses place south
of here were burned to the ground last
Wednesday night together with four
horses, grain and hay belonging to
VIM. Boldly. Total loss over $1,000.
Mr.. Boldly lives on Calvin Russells
farm and rented the barns above men-
toned. lie is a hard working man and
this loss will be greatly felt by him as
he is deprived of his winters supplies.
There is not the least doubt but that
the fire was set by some fiend.
1t is now settled that typhoid fever
germs are carried almost wholly in wat
er, and that while freezing does not
destroy them, boiling water always
does 1t is proved also that filtration
is wholly ineffective for the purifica-
tion of water bearing these germs, SO
that the water in well may be infect
ed from sinks, ETC., at considerable dis
tancc. With these facts definitely de-
termined it ought to be easy to reduce
the typhoid fever to minimum by
care.
II. Sutherland having lately located
in our midst and purchased j. B. Kiels
outfit has a lew adv. i'll this issue
which everyone should read Mr.. Suth-
erland formerly conducted successful
merchant tailoring business in Strath-
roy, Ont. and is well known to many
of our prominent citizens who do not
hesitate to recommend him as man
of good moral habits, strictly honest
and honorable, has sound business abil-
tiles, and altogether is the sort of men
we want to come among us and make
their homes. When in need of stylish
and neat fitting suit give him call.
Few persons, when they pick up
their home paper to read the "locals.'
realize how much work it is to compile
the regular amount of local news each
week in asmall town, no matter whether
the times are dull or lively. or how un-
| Just it is to find fault with the editor
because the arrival or departure of
someone in whom they are interested
is not mentioned. The cares of eye
editor" of the country journal could be
greatly lessened if each one would hand
in any items of this kind which they
were acquainted with and the news III
the local columns increased accordingly
Remember that favors of this sort are
always thankfully received and don't
be bashful about sending III your items
Subscribers who are more than a year
in arrears for their paper had better
read this item. Gentlemen we have
carried you oyer year and have dunnet
you through the paper but to no avail
We must have money this fall to ust
i'm our business and will be obliged tt
do something desperate unless yor
come up like men and pay the amount
of your indebtedness. We have a lis
of the subscribers one year or more il
arrears and will give you until the 15tl
of October to call and settle. If no
settled by that time we propose placing
the several accounts in the hands of III
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